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How can we make the growth of citizens assemblies last?

13 Sep 2019 Riley Thorold

Many new citizens’ assemblies have been announced in the UK and across Europe. Why has this happened? And how can we make this ‘deliberative moment’ last?

Blog

6 principles for effective social action in schools

2 Sep 2019 Hannah Breeze

What we learned from working in primary schools.

Past RSA Journals

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Empowering young people to create a democracy for the future

19 Aug 2019 Paul Ingram FRSA

The RSA Tees Valley Fellows’ Network on their local work on democracy in schools.

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Democracy versus the climate?

20 Jun 2019 Riley Thorold

We need more democracy, not less, to fight climate change. Riley Thorold on the tension between the environment and democracy and plans to hold a citizens’ assembly on climate change in the UK.

Animations

The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel

24 May 2019

In this powerful new RSA Minimate, Michael Sandel confronts our age of stalling social mobility and entrenched inequality, and asks: what will it take to meet one of the biggest political challenges of our time?

Past RSA Journals

Issue 1 2019

21 May 2019

In this issue we explore the future of work with Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Lord Mandelson, Matthew Taylor and Fabian Wallace-Stephens.

Blog

How could a basic income change people’s lives?

16 May 2019 Ian Burbidge, Aima Ahmed

Three examples of how a basic income could help people take control of their futures.

report

The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

22 Mar 2019

Four Futures of Work, from the RSA Future Work Centre, argues that policy-makers should focus more on how automation will transform all work, not just lead to job losses.

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How CDC Pensions can give better outcomes: an illustrative example

18 Mar 2019 David Pitt-Watson, Hari Mann

Jo is saving for a pension, and wants to have enough to provide for herself from retirement until death. David Pitt-Watson FRSA and Harinder Mann FRSA take us through why CDC pensions might be the answer.

How can we make the growth of citizens assemblies last?

6 principles for effective social action in schools

Issue 2 2019

Empowering young people to create a democracy for the future

Democracy versus the climate?

The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel

Issue 1 2019

How could a basic income change people’s lives?

The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

How CDC Pensions can give better outcomes: an illustrative example

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